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Re: problems problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BORG)
Tue Oct 29 16:46:14 1996

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:40:34 -0800
From: BORG <vladimip@iceonline.com>
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Dave wrote:
> 
> I gotta say that I am fast on my way to giving up on linux and remaining
> stuck in the devils lair.
> 
> Ok, after making a total mess of my linux install I decided to just reinstall
> linux and learn from my mistakes.
> 
> WRONG!!!!
> 
> The last 3 tries I have gotten to the MetroX setup screen and the machine
> locks up on me. Never did this until today. I've tried to install without
> MetroX but the machine locks up in the same place were MetroX would
> being the install. Grimlins? *sigh* I dunno but this is really beingging to
> annoy... :(

Maybe it runs out of a disk space on some partition?
Can you switch to another virtual console while going
through install menues and do "df"?

If I were you I'd install base system _only_ and if
it worked, I'd reboot and proceed to install the rest of RPMs
manually and individually. 

Regards,
Vlad


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